Marco Mela♚ndri is hopin🐼g solutions trialled during last week’s Misano test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.

Having started the season strongly aboard the satellite GRT Yamaha R1, Melandri’s ✤form has tailed off in recent rounds with only a single top ten finish from the last seven races🅠.

Blaming a lack of feeling from his Yamaha, Melandri and GRT spent time assessing his options during the Misano test even if he was hampered b𒁏y inclem🦂ent weather conditions.

“We found a good base early on the second day of the Misano test, but then we t🎉ried different settings to understand better how these impact on the feeling with the bike.

“It's something we just don't have time to do during a race weekend and, while we didn't finish as good as we would like, we did get a lot of information that will allow us to start with a better base this weekend in Jerez.”
 

Scoring a top three finish on his last WorldSBK appearance at Jerez in 2017 wh⛄en he rode 🌄with Ducati. Melandri – who is also a podium finisher at MotoGP level back in 2005 - believes maintaining a consistent race pace will pivotal to a strong result.

“The key to Jerez is race pace; it will be hot and many riders wil🅰l be fast for just a few laps, but maintaining this pa🦂ce across race distance will be critical, so that's where we need to focus our efforts this weekend."